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Founding of the libertarian movement, Donald Meinshausen, strategies, humor, drugs  
Founding of the libertarian movement, Donald Meinshausen, strategies, humor, drugs  


Who is Don Meinshausen?
==Biography==
(And why he would make a great guest for your show)
Donald Meinshausen is walking libertarian history. He also has a blog on fr33 agents where he writes on strategy for the tax revolt and the marijuana legalization movement where he has been active for over 40 years. He also writes on spirituality for pagan blogs as well as poetry and songs. He also writes humor skewering the state as well as right and left. He has written in most large libertarian media.  
 
First of all, Donald Meinshausen is walking libertarian history. He also has a blog on fr33 agents where he writes on strategy for the tax revolt and the marijuana legalization movement where he has been active for over 40 years. He also writes on spirituality for pagan blogs as well as poetry and songs. He also writes humor skewering the state as well as right and left. He has written in most large libertarian media.  


He is favorably mentioned in 4 histories about the 60’s. In Brian Doherty’s book, “Radicals for Capitalism”, which is the history of the libertarian movement; Don has more ink than any libertarian in it that is still alive. He also has an autobiographical article in Liberty Magazine which is called “Present at the Creation”. He has been politically active since the Goldwater era of 1963 and used to be the youngest person at Ayn Rand lectures and anti-war demonstrations.
He is favorably mentioned in 4 histories about the 60’s. In Brian Doherty’s book, “Radicals for Capitalism”, which is the history of the libertarian movement; Don has more ink than any libertarian in it that is still alive. He also has an autobiographical article in Liberty Magazine which is called “Present at the Creation”. He has been politically active since the Goldwater era of 1963 and used to be the youngest person at Ayn Rand lectures and anti-war demonstrations.
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Meinshausen's first claim to fame is organizing the draft card burning at the 1969 Young Americans for Freedom Convention, which happened in St Louis 40 years ago. This has been noted by many sources as the dramatic beginning of the modern day libertarian movement among many sources. YAF at the time was the training ground for young conservative leadership and that YAF’s theme that year was “Sock it to the Left”. Don showed imagination and courage in staging a dramatic event that would ignite the conservatives into showing themselves as a fascist mob. The burning of the draft card was symbolically like YAF’s symbol, the torch of Liberty. It showed the way to nascent libertarians their future as they split into their own movement.
Meinshausen's first claim to fame is organizing the draft card burning at the 1969 Young Americans for Freedom Convention, which happened in St Louis 40 years ago. This has been noted by many sources as the dramatic beginning of the modern day libertarian movement among many sources. YAF at the time was the training ground for young conservative leadership and that YAF’s theme that year was “Sock it to the Left”. Don showed imagination and courage in staging a dramatic event that would ignite the conservatives into showing themselves as a fascist mob. The burning of the draft card was symbolically like YAF’s symbol, the torch of Liberty. It showed the way to nascent libertarians their future as they split into their own movement.


There is more to Don’s trailblazing and spirit of adventure. While being a member of the libertarian and anarchist caucus of YAF he was also a member of the anarchist caucus of SDS or Students for A Democratic Society. This was the New Left organization of the day and was mostly Marxist Leninist. To this day he has good relations with people with left anarchists and former SDS president Carl Oglesby who has spoken at libertarian events at Don’s request.  
There is more to Meinshausen's trailblazing and spirit of adventure. While being a member of the libertarian and anarchist caucus of YAF he was also a member of the anarchist caucus of SDS or Students for A Democratic Society. This was the New Left organization of the day and was mostly Marxist Leninist. To this day he has good relations with people with left anarchists and former SDS president Carl Oglesby who has spoken at libertarian events at Don’s request.  


Don founded an SDS chapter in Newark, NJ a year after the riots at a community college. He helped put together a coalition of hippies, working class white students and black militants that took over the student government and later took over the administration building. That coalition won its demands of removing the college president and instating a black studies department.  Don was subpoenaed by the House Committee on Un-American Activities Committee. He denounced the committee and refused to name names, an event that was noted on TV on CBS News.
Don founded an SDS chapter in Newark, NJ a year after the riots at a community college. He helped put together a coalition of hippies, working class white students and black militants that took over the student government and later took over the administration building. That coalition won its demands of removing the college president and instating a black studies department.  Don was subpoenaed by the House Committee on Un-American Activities Committee. He denounced the committee and refused to name names, an event that was noted on TV on CBS News.
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